Talk:East Frisian Low Saxon

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[edit] Dialects

I'd like to know the source of this classification:

There are several dialects in Eastern Friesland Low Saxon:
*Standard East Frisian Low Saxon north of Leer, east of the river Ems;
*Brookmer Platt in the Brookmerland and Aurich (Auerk) area; and
*Rheiderländer Platt west of the river Ems around the city of Weener.

In my opinion there is no "Standard East Frisian Low Saxon". Of course there is a Brookmer Platt and a Rheiderländer Platt (which maybe is a little bit strange for people from Aurich), but there are dialects e.g. from the Norderland, the Harlingerland, Fehntjer Platt and so on, too. And the Platt of Leer isn't standard. If you want to divide into different dialect groups it would be more helpful if ALL the dialects are shown or just the "normal" East Frisian dialects and the Harlinger variation, which has more influence from the Oldenburgerland.

For example: Most East Frisians "proten Platt" ("...speak Platt"), but the Harlinger East Frisians "snackt Platt. 141.88.229.210 14:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)